Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
The precinct map shows the 2024 presidential vote; the timeline scrubs the city’s overall result across 2004–2024, on current city boundaries.
President results by year
Vote totals, margins, and source status
HarrisDemocratic62.5%489TrumpRepublican36.7%287OtherAll other candidates0.9%7
D+25.8
Lead
202
Total
783
vs nation
D+27.3
BidenDemocratic67.6%648TrumpRepublican30.7%294OtherAll other candidates1.8%17
D+36.9
Lead
354
Total
959
vs nation
D+32.5
ClintonDemocratic63.9%537TrumpRepublican32.9%277OtherAll other candidates3.2%27
D+30.9
Lead
260
Total
841
vs nation
D+28.8
ObamaDemocratic71.5%626RomneyRepublican27.1%237OtherAll other candidates1.4%12
D+44.5
Lead
389
Total
875
vs nation
D+40.6
ObamaDemocratic66.1%545McCainRepublican31.1%256OtherAll other candidates2.8%23
D+35.1
Lead
289
Total
824
vs nation
D+27.8
KerryDemocratic61.6%435BushRepublican35.4%250OtherAll other candidates3.0%21
D+26.2
Lead
185
Total
706
vs nation
D+28.7
Key facts
2024 presidential margin
D+25.8MIT Election Lab
Population
2,9502024 5-year
Population density
1,639 / sq mi2024 5-year · TIGER/Line
Land area
1.8 sq miTIGER/Line
Median household income
$37,4442024 5-year
White (non-Hispanic)
48.0%2024 5-year
Black
37.1%2024 5-year
Hispanic / Latino
8.0%2024 5-year
Peak Democratic margin
D+44.5 in 2012MIT Election Lab
Participation
Turnout and midterm durability
Participation measured against the same-year citizen voting-age population. Audited cycles count total general-election participants — ballots or participating voters, not presidential candidate votes.
2020–20243 cycles · 3 audited
2024 turnout
34.1%787 participants ÷ 2,310 CVAP
2020→2022 drop-off
+12.5 ptsPersistently low turnout
Drop-off vs state
-9.0 ptsPositive means a larger decline than the statewide pattern
Mechanical 2026
21.6%Recent-cycle and two-cycle persistence scenarios; not a forecast
Participation by cycle
Presidential Midterm
0%20%40%
25.8%
202020222024
Select a presidential cycle to show it on the map and results ledger above.
Cycle
Participants
CVAP
Turnout
Series
Quality
787
2,310 ± 310
34.1%
Audited
E/D
2022Mid
639
2,473 ± 313
25.8%
Audited
E/D
960
2,503 ± 339
38.4%
Audited
E/D
Sources and methods
2024: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 323/229.
2022: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 322/184.
2020: numerator source 160, denominator source 157; estimated total ballots; preferred-county:block-reference-presidential-or-cvap-weight:v2; allocation share 100.0%; series 321/4.
presidential history
Party record book
Hilltop, SC · the strongest Democratic and Republican presidential performances recorded here, measured three ways.
2004–2024 · 6 presidential cycles
Highest vote share
Largest share of the presidential candidate vote cast here.
Democratic
Barack Obama2012
71.5%
626 votes · D+44.5
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · 67.6%
Republican
Donald Trump2024
36.7%
287 votes · D+25.8
Runner-up · George W. Bush, 2004 · 35.4%
Most votes
Largest number of votes cast for the party’s presidential nominee here.
Democratic
Joe Biden2020
648votes
67.6% of the vote · D+36.9
Runner-up · Barack Obama, 2012 · 626 votes
Republican
Donald Trump2020
294votes
30.7% of the vote · D+36.9
Runner-up · Donald Trump, 2024 · 287 votes
Best relative to the U.S.
This Place’s margin against the national margin in the same election — positive when it leaned toward the party more than the country did.
Democratic
Barack Obama2012
+40.6pts D vs U.S.
Place D+44.5 · U.S. D+3.9
Runner-up · Joe Biden, 2020 · +32.5 pts
Republican
Donald Trump2024
−27.3pts R vs U.S.
Place D+25.8 · U.S. R+1.5
Runner-up · John McCain, 2008 · −27.8 pts
U.S. House elections · 1 House
U.S. House
Each row shows U.S. House votes counted inside this Place. “Vote lead” is the local lead here, not necessarily the winner of the full contest.
Hilltop · which candidate this place backed in each party’s presidential nominating contest, cycle by cycle. A primary is a contest inside one party, so it has no Democratic–Republican margin and is not part of the general-election record above.
Akashic reports votes cast, not delegates awarded. The two can disagree: Clinton led the 2008 national primary popular vote by less than half a point and did not win the nomination.
Primary returns are published at county grain. The figures below are Spartanburg County, South Carolina, the county containing Hilltop — Hilltop’s own primary vote sits inside those totals and is not separately reported.
Presidential nominating contests in Hilltop, by party and cycle.
○no contest record — Akashic holds no result for that party and cycle here. It is not a claim that no contest was held. Telling apart a contest that was cancelled, one that went uncontested, and one simply not yet ingested needs a nominating-contest calendar, which is a separate ingest from results and does not exist yet.
Republican presidential primaries are not yet ingested — the Republican series runs from 1856 and is in scope. The row is kept so its absence is visible: a Democratic-only panel would otherwise read as though no one else held a contest.
Akashic carries 10 states for 2012 and 3 states for 2024. Cycles in which an incumbent president seeks renomination are thin by nature — few states run a contested primary — so a sparse column is politics, not a hole in the record.
County returns carry a leader and a lead over the runner-up, and nothing more. The full candidate field with vote shares is published at state grain — follow a cycle above to the state contest for it.
Hilltop sits in the Deep South. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 44.5 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 11.1 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 25.8 points.
A population of 2,950, a 48% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $37,444 describe the city.
In 2024, Hilltop, South Carolina voted Democratic by 25.8 points (D+25.8), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 783 votes cast, 489 went Democratic and 287 went Republican.
How many people live in Hilltop, South Carolina?
Hilltop, South Carolina has a population of 2,950 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Hilltop, South Carolina?
Median household income in Hilltop, South Carolina is $37,444 — below the national median of $80,734. The South Carolina state median is $69,324.
What is the political history of Hilltop, South Carolina?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Hilltop, South Carolina from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
